True Love Waits — Abstinence Education for Young People January 17, 2006  NFCYM, EXCERPT: The Catholic Church places a high value on sexual intimacy and holds everyone to a high moral and spiritual standard in using God’s gift of sexuality. The church’s “purpose is not to make us nervous, to quench love with cautiousness, or to stifle spontaneity but to help us to be open and free.” It recognizes that sexual intercourse is a passionate, joyful, holy, and reconciling celebration of the person. (Scott contributed to the process and development of this article.) Read it here